Chapter 0652

Leo stopped in his tracks but didn't turn around. I knew he was waiting for me to speak.

"Leo, you knew, didn't you..." The thought of those photos made my voice tremble involuntarily.

Nelson wasn't the only one who knew about those photos. At the very least, the security tearn on the third floor of The Secret knew, and so did Claudia.

Thinking about the call I'd just received from Claudia-was the "secret" she mentioned referring to those photos?

Lec didn't look back, but I heard him take a deep breath. "If you behave yourself, no one else will find out."

His voice was so emotionless that I couldn't discem whether his words were a warning or something else.

Nicholas was furious, clearly interpreting Leo's words as a blatant provocation, showing no respect for him. "Leo! Don't you dare..."

"Nicholas," I interrupted softly before he could finish. "Let him go."

I felt dazed, my gaze drifting

leave, then pulled up a chair to sit beside me, his

with a sense of

and mechanically picked up my spoon, putting a bite of food in my mouth and chewing it repeatedly. It was tasteless-I couldn't even tell what I was

enough that it's getting cold. It won't

the spoon from my hand. "If you don't want to eat, then don't. I'll have

it. I'm not that hungry anyway-I'm already

Something you can't

his dark eyes stirred a sense of guilt in

away from him. "There's nothing. You're overthinking it. He used to be Yasmine's boyfriend, didn't he? I just wanted to ask if he knew about

Secret. I feel bad for Yasmine-after all, he was

said

didn't want to tell him. So,

his rough thumb

"Ari," he called softly.

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